CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: Safe and Sound Cities (S²Cities) Year Two now open for SEA city applicants
Now on its second year, the Safe and Sound Cities (S²Cities) program is currently looking to add more local governments to its roster of participating cities. This new call for participants builds upon its 2021 pilot implementation in Envigado, Colombia, and Bandung, Indonesia. The S²Cities Program aims to improve young people’s safety and wellbeing in urban environments, […]
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7 Indonesian cities take part in local launch of the TUMI E-Bus Mission City Network
“There is a need for the support of cities and the collaboration of various parties in achieving 100% electricity-based urban mass transportation in Indonesia by 2045.” Mr. Suharto, the Indonesia Ministry of Transportation’s Director of Road Transport, emphasized the need for this multilevel, multi-stakeholder approach to the deployment of electric buses during the TUMI E-Bus […]
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DKI Jakarta hailed as ‘21-’22 Indonesia OPCC winner
DKI Jakarta is now a four-time national winner of the World Wide Fund for Nature’s (WWF) One Planet City Challenge (OPCC) after being selected as the Indonesian champion of the competition’s 2021-2022 run. Representatives from the winning city, finalists Probolinggo City and Balikpapan City, and 21 other participating local governments were present for the awarding […]
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ICLEI and Bandung City sign agreement to improve urban environment for the youth
(in photo above) As part of the S2C program, the World Resources Institute conducted a workshop for the youth in Bandung last 18-21 April 2022 (photo from WRI). The Indonesia Office of ICLEI – Local Government for Sustainability and Bandung City last 11 April 2022 signed a partnership agreement to improve Bandung’s urban environment for the […]
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West Nusa Tenggara holds RE, EE Workshop for Mataram City and Sumbawa Regency
(in photo above) The participants of the Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Identification and Prioritization Workshop for Mataram City and Sumbawa Regency. Indonesia’s West Nusa Tenggara (WNT) province has tremendous renewable energy potential owing to its plentiful and undeveloped clean energy sources. The province undertook a renewable energy (RE) and energy efficiency (EE) identification and prioritization […]
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Bogor City waste banks, food businesses turn to black soldier flies for circular transition
23 participants from 20 Bogor-based waste banks and food businesses participated in the training on BSF organic waste management held by ICLEI Indonesia. Over 50% of solid wastes generated in the whole of Indonesia and over 60% in the West Java Province are of the mixed organic variety. Cities such as Bogor have been utilizing […]
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Modern Energy Cooking Services programme publishes study on urban fuel stacking in Indonesia
The ICLEI Indonesia Office has recently completed a study on urban fuel stacking in Mataram City and Sumbawa Regency, Indonesia, helping analyze the factors driving cooking fuel choices in both areas. The study was completed under the UKAid-funded Modern Energy Cooking Services (MECS) programme. Around 2.6 billion people in the world still cook using polluting open […]
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First stakeholder dialogue session held for WNT 100% Renewable Energy Roadmap development
(in photo above) A total of 75 participants from the priority sectors of household, building, industrial, transportation, and electricity attended the first stakeholder dialogue session for the West Nusa Tenggara 100% Renewable Energy Roadmap Development project. The first dialogue session of the West Nusa Tenggara (WNT) 100% RE 2050 Roadmap concluded last 3 February 2022, […]
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